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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Mina- A Micro Culture Of Life and Flavors

Hi Folks,

Knowing Your Neighbors is pretty cool!

This morning when walking our dogs, we met some neighbors who offered us some advice on keeping young plants from being ruined by the fierce winds. I might add we were told today the fierce winds are the most intense in 25 years. It goes along with all the strange weather patterns all over the world. She had some wonderful bushes that she offered me cuttings for. This is one of the gifts here in Mina is people who share with you willingly their knowledge and skills. We went to another neighbor who had some left over straw bales for my garden. He didn't charge me and helped us load them. Here is this tiny town, people help each other. Its part of Mina's personality. There are many diverse personalities here, all seeking to find freedom to be themselves. They just want to live their lives quietly. They want you to move in with a quiet footprint. They don't want you to change things, or tell them how to run their lives. They don't want you to ask too many questions, unless they feel like talking. They want you to blend in, not change their world here.

Lots Of Life In Mina!

There is lots of life in Mina. There is a VFW that you can have fun with even if you don't drink. There are neighbor get-togethers at times. People meet for coffee at the one restaurant in the mornings. One neighbor works everyday in the Mina's graveyard to weed, put flowers out, and water. There are no funds to have it done by the county. Mina is a mix of old mining building that are old and falling down and new property being developed. There is one side of town that has some really nice new manufactured homes and wonderful, creative yards. You have to see all of Mina, to really understand it. Even the old buildings are unique and interesting. They give a rustic, old world, flavor to the town. What you see with driving through is not really Mina. It is your preconceived idea about it. You need to live here for awhile. You can take your high rents, water bills, and malls and we will take Mina. I will put some pictures up soon so you can see some of its unique flavor. Today we saw the wild horses for the first time, that frequent the area. There was a beautiful, striking black one in the herd of 5. I was too far away to get a picture. We have wild burros that visit as well. I am told they will be more visible in town in the fall. Life is very present in the Nevada mountains.

The next post will be on the Moringa trees and their dormant nature. I have had two people write, that they thought their trees were dead. I will address this issue in the next blog. Have a great Wednesday evening.
Kate Freer, the Herbladyisin

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About Me

Freelance Writer, researcher, Master Herbalist, Health Counselor with 25 years of background in alternative medicine and herbs. Studied under the late Bernard Jensen, the father of Iridology and Keith Smith a Master Herbalist in Escondido, CA. Master Herbalist from Dominion Herbal College in Canada in 1986.

I have written articles for both my websites and AC Content over the
past few years.. The Yahoo writers platform closed down on Aug 1st,
2014. All contributing writers profiles and published articles were
removed.

Moringa and Healing Herbs (our business for a few years) was retired due to problems with growing the trees and getting acceptable product. It just didn't fit our new lives in TN. It took a long time to figure out what our new direction should be.

Greatly Blessed Medicinal Herbs and More is our new business started in Oct of this year, 2017, with a new business license. It reflects are new goals and interests including writing still.

My husband and I love to grow herbs and organic veggies in Indian Mound, TN. This is our permanent new home since Jan 13th, 2015. We live outside of Clarksville, TN in the rural area on 17 acres with a new garden, chicken house and yard, areas for herbs and elderberry bushes. It is so beautiful and green. We have so much rain and water here. Our well flows giving us such security. It is home now and it is our peace.

Since moving back to Tenn, we are now working on my business both online and through the community. Due to taking care of my husband's father, he became priority over the business the past three years. It has been a slow journey. We are a Independent representative for Nature's Sunshine Herbs. Along with that I look forward to our backyard nursery officially opening this Spring, 2018. I have always loved to grow things for our family and believe in growing as much as possible in your own family garden. The past two years we have slowly worked on projects moving toward that goal. The last step in this dream is to get our nursery license early in the new 2018 year. Once we have that we can begin in Spring selling plants. There could be delays so I will update this after we have our nursery license.

I no longer sell Moringa products or trees. I have not found them to grow here even as a house tree. I have decided to go in the direction of Moringa education rather than sales. Moringa has become popular. With popularity, comes both ethical sellers and sellers who are selling unsafe products. Some of the claims made for Moringa are not valid.

There needs to be someone who educates customers on Moringa with truth. I decided to move on with that goal. I stopped selling Moringa so I can educate people from an unbiased frame of reference.